Statement of the Revolutionary Communist International Tendency

We
have been informed that comrade Savas Michael-Matsas will have stand
in court on 3rd
September. Savas Michael-Matsas is the General Secretary of the Greek
EEK (Revolutionary Workers Party, Section of the Coordinating
Committee for the Refoundation of the Fourth International). He is
accused by the fascist party Golden
Dawn
of “defamation” because of the EEK’s “condemnation
of the criminal violent activities of this group against the
immigrants. The slogan “smash fascism” is considered as
”incitement to violence”, and the call for participation to the
demonstration as ”disturbing the civil peace”.”
(quoted from an interview with Savas Michael-Matsas in the German
daily newspaper Junge Welt)

Naturally
this is a disgusting provocation by the Nazi scum of Golden
Dawn
who regularly beat up or even kill migrants and working class
activists. The RCIT condemns the fascist provocation and expresses
its full solidarity with comrade Savas Michael-Matsas and the EEK. We
call the international workers movement to raise its voice for
international solidarity against fascism!

Fascism
must be beaten by working class mobilizations including armed
self-defense units to fight back the Nazi hooligans as well as to
eradicate the roots of fascism – the capitalist system with its
inherent crisis and misery!

Down
with the Trial against Savas Michael-Matsas! Drop all charges against
him!